Bengal District Gazetteers: Champaran

Bengal District Gazetteers: Champaran

Book Code: 1111007653779

L. S. S. O'Malley

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Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, some pages are missing and may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text. The present volume gives a detailed description of the district of Midnapur. It was published in 1911. It states that Midnapur is the largest and most populous of the Bengal regulation districts. The Gazetteer provides valuable information about its boundaries, configurations, natural divisions, Geology, Botany, Zoology, wild animals, and game birds. It tells about the growth of population, religious gatherings, amusements and village customs. It informs about the public health, prevailing diseases, infirmities and vaccinations. It also lists various medical institutions of the region. The volume elaborates upon agriculture, irrigation— waterlifts usage, principal crops, miscellaneous products, and extension of cultivation. The author has described about various canals of the region, embankments, and drainage system.Cyclone and floods were the main natural calamities that had hit the region.Chief occupations of the people were mining, silkweaving, tusserweaving, matmaking, cotton and woolweaving, and salt trade.During those days, education of Muhammadans, education of Santals and girls’ education were emphasized. Lewis Sydney Steward O'Malley was born on 23 October 1874 at Flitcham, Freebridge Lynn, Norfolk, England. He was the son of BryanO'Malley, a minister. He married Ida Sewell Prichard on 24 November 1900 at The Cathedral, Calcutta, India. He died in 1941 at Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Lewis was the British Civil Servant in India. He was educated in Norwich and Hertford College, Oxford (B. A.). In 1898, he entered I.C.S. He worked as Magistrate and Collector in Bengal for quite a few years. Later, he served in General and Revenue Department in Bengal as a civil servant. He got retired in 1924 as C.I.E. During his lifetime, he published several books, such as Bengal District Gazetteers, Santal Parganas,andPurnea. He was the editor of the whole series. He also wrote Indian Caste Customs in 1934, Popular Hinduism in 1935, and Modern India and the West in 1941. The Title 'Bengal District Gazetteers: Champaran written/authored/edited by L. S. S. O'Malley', published in the year 2019. The ISBN 9788121218306 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 205 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Reference. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol: 10th

Volume:

10th

Year:

2019

Language:

English

Publish Date:

1907-01-01T00:00:00Z

Publisher:

Gyan Publishing House

Pages:

205

Book Type:

texts

Book Category:

pub

Subject:

Reference

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ABOUT THE BOOK

This Gazetteer dwells upon the contemporary British period first hand information on the erstwhile Champaran district in Bengal. It was first written in 1907.This enriches us with the official records and provides a wealth of material on all aspects of the Champaran district. This also provides detailed information about the inhabitants, customs, religious rites and rituals, festivals and indeed every-thing concerning them. This work traces panoramic view of Champaran district of Bengal providing elaborative account of its physical aspects people and their life besides public health, economic condition, agriculture, trade as well as industries. Natural calamities means of communication land revenue and general administration local self-government including educational states have also been described. This book is gold-mine encompassing all aspects of the contemporary Social, Political, Economic, Historical, and Administrative aspects of the Indigo- cultivation rich Champaran district during the Raj. This reprint provides an excellent reference tool to researchers, readers, and all users in all disciplines. We are sure the present book will prove to be very handy for our valuable readers.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

O’Melley was a famous ICS officer. He wrote more than thirty books on Bengal administration. He was witness to ground level realities in early eighteenth and nineteenth century British Rule in India. He wrote Bengal District Gazetteers of Prominent districts such as Hooghly, Angul, 24-Parganas, Balasore, Birbhum, Champaran, Cuttak, Darbhanga, Patna, Shahabad, and Midnapur etc.He was the pioneers of historical studies in contemporary British India.

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